On October 13, Nuclear Blast Records will reissue Slayer‘s final album, 2015’s “Repentless”, on transparent red with solid orange and black splatter vinyl, and on orange cassette. For more information, click here.
“Repentless” debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 after shifting 50,000 equivalent album units in the week ending September 17, 2015. And in terms of pure album sales, “Repentless” opened with 49,000 copies, marking Slayer‘s highest-charting album.
“Repentless” holds the record as the band’s career-highest chart debut in Germany (No. 1),Holland (No. 2),Australia (No. 3),New Zealand (No. 8),the U.K. (No. 11) and on the Japanese International Chart (No. 1). It bowed at No. 3 in Finland, No. 4 in Belgium, and No. 5 in both Sweden and Greece. Additionally, the album debuted in the Top 10 in France (No. 7),Italy (No. 8),Hungary (No. 9),and Japan (No. 10).
The follow-up to 2009’s critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated “World Painted Blood”, “Repentless” was produced by Terry Date, who has previously worked with Pantera, Deftones and Soundgarden. The artwork was created by Brazilian artist Marcelo Vasco in collaboration with the band’s Tom Araya and Kerry King.
